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Did you know that Whatsapp collects your Contacts and shares it with Facebook?

September 27, 2016

It might not come to your attention yet but one needs to know that one of the most popular messengers among us all (!), Whatsapp, started sharing some user data — including your phone number — with its parent company Facebook.

Step 1 – Go to Settings

Step 2 – Click on Privacy

Step 3 – Choose Contacts

Step 4 – Whatsapp

Step 5 – Disable Whatsapp

Don’t panic if new terms were already accepted (nobody actually reads them), you’ve still got 30 days to opt out. Head to the app’s settings menu, and then press the account tab. From there, you can uncheck the box reading “Share my account info” to stop providing Facebook with your user data.